Surgical clip.



PATBNTED MAR. 27, 1906.

' A. J. MEIER.

SURGICAL CLIP.

APPLIGATIBK FILBK) 1113.19, 1905.

' sectional view through UNITED 'sTArES PATENT OFFICE.

No. 816,02d.

Specification of Letters ?ateut.

Patented March 2?; i903;

Application filed larch 9. 1905. Burial H0. 349.200.

To alias-ham it may concern; Be it known that i, ALBERT J. Momma citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kirkw'ood, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefui irn n'ovement in Surgical Clips, of which the iollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to clips for use in holding the edges of wounds or surgicsl incisions in contact or apposition, so that they mriy 'oin in healing.

t as for its nncipal objects to. rovidea clip which will he close,to the su ace, and thus permit the application of a bandage without inconvenience to the patient; to provide a clip which will cover a very sinsil por tion of the wound, and hence will not prevent inspection of theentire surface of the wound; to provide a clip which can be rocked on its fastening-points, so as to raise the connecting'bar away from the wound to ermit inspection or irri stion, and other ob eets hereineiter more fu ly appearing.

My invention consists in the parts and in thc'arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings iorniin a part of this specification, and wherein h e symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a. perspective view of a wound closed clips. Fi 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a si e view,snd 1g. 4 an end view, ofthe preferred form of clip. Fig. 5 is a transverse the preferred form of clip, showing it turned up away from the surface of the wound. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and side views, respectively, 'of a modified form of cli which may be stamped out. Figs. 8 an 9 are planand side views re spectively, of a modified form of ciip w ch may be bent into shape; and Fig. 10 18 e clip similar to that shown in Figs. 8 and 9, but having. an angular bar.

The sur icel clips herein disclosed are intended to is used to hold the sides of incisions or wounds to ether instead of stitches.

The referred orm of cli comprises a. curved er 1, which is providiad at its ends with herbs 2. The barbs are formed by making slopin incisions in the bar the dis pieced ieces 'orming the barbs. The barbs prefers ly proicct downwardly from the plane of the bar and slightly fcrwerdiy from a line joining their roots. This latter inclination given them because the bar will be bent imo the position shown in dotted lines sibiiity of iii-Fig. 2 when a plied. The inclination is such that the her s will be brought into the same vertical plane when the clip is in place on a wound. The barbs are not formed di: rectly at the ends of the bar, but are formed short of the end, jthus leaving short shoulders or stops 3. These steps will prevent the pos burying the ends of the clip in the flesh when forcing in the herbs.

The clip when in place lies flat and close to the surface of the skin. It is smell, and a bandage can be bound over it tightly with:-

out the production of psinfui pressure under I the clip. The area of the incision or wound covered by the bar is very smeii and racticeily hides none of it. W hen it is desired to irrigate the wound, the clip can be rocked on its points, as shown in Fig. 5, thus leaving suffioient space between the bar and the surface. This is accomplished without any danger of or necessity for removin the clip or permitting the wound to spread? The arbscan be inserted to a depth equal onl to their length, the shouiders 3 preventing the burying of the ends of the clip in the flesh.

A satisfactory clip may be made by stamping,e.nd such a clip is shown in Figsli and 7. It comprises e curved bar 4, which is substen tially rectangular in crosssoction. herbs 5 are formed on the ends of the bar and occupy substantially the some position with respect to the bar as the herbs 2 on thebar 1 of the preferred form of clip.

Another modification they be mode by bending, such a modification being shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The clip is made from wire bent into an arc to form a curved bar 6 and bovin its ends pointed and bent sharply to form herbs 7, occupying substantially the same position with res not to the bares the herbs 2 on the bar 1 o the preferred form of cli in none of the modifications isit necessary that the bar of the clip be curved. It may be angular, as shown in Fig. 10, or any other shape which will misc it away from the surface when the clip is rocked on its points or herbs.

Obviously m device is capable of modification withln t is scope of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction shown and described.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A surgical clip comprising a.

Pointed her debarbs on said bar near the ends thereof and projecting out of the plane of said bar and at an angle to said plane, bot h of said-barbs projecting upon the elillll' side of said plane,

2. A sur'icnl clip comprisin a bar prosided with barbs near its ends, siid bar bein deflected from a line connecting the roots 0 said barbs, and said barbs being inclined away from the plane of said bar, whereby said her may lie flat upon the surface to which the clip may be secured by said barbs and the clip me be rocked upon its barbsj 3. A surgica clip comprisin a bar. deflected from a line connecting its ends and having sloping incisions near its ends, the

said incisions are March, 1905.

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metal displaced from said incisions bein' inclined away from said er and at an ang e to the plane of said bar and constituting barbs, the cross-section of said bar being substantiallyunif orm from end to end except where located.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 7th day of ALBERT J. MEIER. Witnesses:

FRED. F. REISNER,

J. B. M noow x. 

